Our Best pick for Minecraft at 1080p for $1,000 or less, a cheaper PC if you'd rather spend less, and one worth stretching for, from our own benchmark numbers: Justin's measured results, or estimated from them and labeled “est.”.
FPS in Minecraft at 1080p. Highest preset, native (no DLSS/FSR). Prices as of Oct 1, 2026.
About 118 FPS average in Minecraft at 1080p (Max settings, native; Justin's own testing); with 8GB of video memory, not recommended at this setting (best playable setting: High)Measured in Justin's own testing: RTX 5060 with a Core i5 / Ryzen 5 class CPU, highest preset, native (no DLSS/FSR).
About 80–90 FPS in Minecraft at 1080p (estimate from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews)Estimated from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews: Justin's RTX 5060 run, scaled by the performance index (the RTX 3060 is about 29% slower than the RTX 5060 at 1080p).
43% below similar PCs (same graphics card and CPU class)
About 125–190 FPS in Minecraft at 1080p (estimate from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews)Estimated from Justin's testing, calibrated against published independent reviews: Justin's RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and RTX 5070 runs, the closer counting more, scaled by the performance index (the RTX 4070 is about 2% faster than the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and about 17% slower than the RTX 5070 at 1080p), then held to what a Core i5 13600KF (scored as the closest model we know, the Core i5-13600K) can keep up with in this game.
Only new PCs that clear our quality bar, at stores we link to. Picked as our chat picks: the most FPS in Minecraft for the money, a PC sold by the store or a known brand first when it is about as fast. 4,122 different PCs in stock today have an FPS number for this game; each model is one card, with the other stores that sell it.
Questions
What's the best gaming PC for Minecraft for $1,000 or less?
On sale today, the RTX 5060, Ryzen 5 5600X PC at $949.95: 118 FPS in Minecraft at 1080p, our Best pick at this budget (the most FPS for the money in our numbers).
Are these Minecraft FPS numbers measured?
1 of the 3 PCs listed have Justin's own measured number for their parts; the others are estimated from his results on similar hardware and labeled "est.".
How many PCs on sale have an FPS number for Minecraft?
4,122 different PCs in stock today at 1080p, at any price, from our benchmark table (each model counted once, however many stores sell it).
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